by Jared C. Wilson (Author) An audiobook for 7-12 grade kids. This book begins in the normal world of Washington State. Four high-school graduates (Bradley, Archer, Jason, and Tim) finish a weekend campout (the last one before they split and head for colleges) and start home, back to Echo Island. The ferryman seems a bit strange,…
by by Jean Merrill (Author) An Award-winning middle-grade book. Jean Merrill’s THE TOOTHPASTE MILLIONAIRE is a fun, fascinating, and informative kids’ book. Wow, I learned how to make toothpaste, figure profit/loss margins, do advertising, what are stockholders and a Board of Directors, and how to get loans. All with a fun story about a sixth-grader named Rufus…
by James Ponti (Author), Lisa Flanagan (Narrator), Simon & Schuster Audio (Publisher) An audiobook. LONDON CALLING, the sixth City Spies adventure by James Ponti, is another amazing story about the young Special MI-6 spies whom the Second-in-Command of British espionage, calls “those magnificent children.” Each of these kids, aged from 9 to 14, was once orphaned and then found in…
THE BOY ON THE BEACH by Mary Towne (Author) It’s August 1943, and while many of the Long Island neighborhood young men are fighting in WWII, the folks at home are battling a polio epidemic among their kids. It’s scary because no one knows how the horrible disease is contracted. A notion going around is that you…
by Chris Ewan (Author), Simon Vance (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) An Audiobook THE GOOD THIEF’S GUIDE TO BERLIN, by Chris Ewan is the third “Good Thief’s Guide” mystery I’ve read, and although they all have a similar plot line, this one is especially twisty. Charlie Howard is a gentleman burglar, an expert at his job, polite and thoughtful towards…
by Alexander Maclaren (Author), David Cochran Heath (Narrator), Blackstone Publishing (Publisher) An Audiobook Alexander Maclaren‘s book about the Bible character, David, using his Psalms to tell the story, is eye-opening and amazing. I confess, as I listened to the book, I wished I had a print copy to follow along with each of the Psalms. (Maybe I’ll pick up a…
by Elizabeth Speller (Author), Matthew Brenher (Narrator), Dreamscape Media, LLC (Publisher) An Audiobook Elizbeth Speller’s historical fiction book, THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN EMMETT is a caring but tragic story exposing a mystery of heartache and loss. Soldiers of the “Great War” reluctantly tell their stories to a man who simply wants to discover what happened to one soldier … for…
by Linda Rosenbaum (Author), Barbara Klunder (Illustrator) A Children’s Book Linda Rosenbaum‘s story of 10-year-old Georgie Titus is heartwarming, exciting, and based on an encouraging true account. The cover illustration is a snowy scene with a little boy in a diminutive sled and a happy, excited black dog in the lead. Tucked in the back of the sled,…
by John J. Nance (Narrator), John j. Nance (Author), Brilliance Audio (Publisher) An audiobook I read this book at the perfect time. SPACE-X had just rescued and returned the two stranded Boeing pilots safely back to Earth from an overly long stay at the International Space Station. So cool. But this story is set in 2009. A similar private company…
by Misty M. Beller (Author), Lisa Kelly (Narrator), Misty M. Beller Books (Publisher) An Audiobook Misty M. Beller’s sweet romance book, THE LADY AND THE MOUNTAIN CALL, is an easy, relaxing read. That’s not to say there aren’t suspenseful and despairing moments in it. Fighting wild wolves and falling over a cliff are indeed scary. And several choices that must…
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